Battery storage used in solar panel installations is increasingly complex yet also becoming indispensable. It has emerged as a complement to solar energy, diverting energy to the batteries when production is higher than consumption. This energy is then available for use when energy co

Towards sustainable, Smart Communities G7 Summit, 26-26 May 2017 in Taormina, Italy As world leaders gather for the annual G7 meeting, taking place in Taormina, Italy from 26 to 27 May 2017, the Climate Change – The New Economy magazine , the official G7 summit magazine, has pu

World Smart City community ¦ 18 January: a new online community that will gather all relevant city stakeholders globally and engage them in value-add discussions and high-level networking has been launched. The platform is tailored to city planners, architects, consultants, utilities

Touch the image to see how IEC work is helping to make things work as they should and cities to become smart. From the electrical energy that comes into our homes, schools, offices and shopping centres to public transport systems, public utilities that bring us water, electricity, and

Fast-paced development for IECRE – the CA System is now operational. (This post is based on an IEC e-tech article by Claire Marchand, full article here.) Global energy needs are increasing constantly and with the diminishing supply of fossil fuels and rising environmental and safety c

As the world watches #COP21, the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that Energy Efficiency is the most effective tool to reduce green-house gas emissions, aiming to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius or below. (See 2015 Energy

Preparations for the official opening of our Africa Regional Centre (IEC-AFRC) which is taking place on 2 November in Nairobi, Kenya are progressing well. The role of IEC-AFRC will be to facilitate African electrotechnical innovation and contribute towards enabling access to safe and

To mark the occasion of the G7, the IEC is publishing an article about its contribution in dealing with climate change in Smart Cities, written by Frans Vreeswijk On the occasion of the G7, which is being held in Schloss Elmau, Germany on 7 and 8 June under the chairmanship of

Rapid population growth, economic development and human consumption continue to use up natural resources beyond what the planet can sustainably provide. The need to deliver power produced from renewable energy has never been greater. The development of renewable energies and energy st